cirurgiien

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus with the initial syllable from cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia. Doublet of surgien.

Noun

cirurgiien oblique singular, m (oblique plural cirurgiiens, nominative singular cirurgiiens, nominative plural cirurgiien)

1. a doctor or surgeon

Descendants

• Middle French: chirurgien
  • French: chirurgien
• → Middle Dutch: cirurgijn
  • Dutch: chirurgijn
    • Afrikaans: chirurgyn
    • → West Frisian: sjirurgyn
• → Middle English: cirurgien
  • English: chirurgeon